现代“词学”考论

传统学术意义上的“词学”一词,是在明初弘治年间出现的,然后经过明清的发展演进,渐由初期的图谱之学向词乐、词评、词律、词韵、作法等方面拓展,形成了以填词为指向的具有传统意味的“词学”.清末民初,这一传统发生新变,开始出现了“填词”与“研究”并重的倾向.五四运动以后,“填词”的成分在淡化,而“研究”的成分在逐步强化,进而形成了具有现代学科意义的“词学”.现代学者不但对“词学”之义界有了明确规定,而且还在研究内容、体系、方法上都进行了有益的探讨,从而使得中国词学走向了现代.

An Investigation of Modern Ci Study

The term ci xue(ci study) as an academic concept came about in the early Ming Dynasty,and evolved in the following two dynasties into a complicated system of literary criticism which encompasses such branches as the music for ci,ci criticism,metrical study of ci,versification of ci,and ci prosody.In the early 20th century,a new change was introduced into this field:equal attention was paid to ci composition and ci criticism.After the 1919 New Culture Movement,ci composition began to fade away,and ci criticism came to be the only dominant study.